Google搜索Bright Eyes，首先得到的检索却是 Saddle Creek，原来如此————
独立音乐厂牌Saddle Creek：地点Nebraska，美国内布拉斯加。实际上这个厂牌发展至今已经有10年之久了，在这十年间他们并没有签下太多的艺人。Saddle Creek是少年得志的音乐神童Connor Oberst(Bright Eyes的主唱)为摆脱商业束缚发行自己的个人唱片建立的，到今天它的作用还是没有什么变化，仅仅是服务的艺人多了几个而已，基本上它就是一小群很自我的人玩味音乐的地方，从不会为那些音乐理念以外的东西而改变自己。
In the past few years since the release of Bright Eyes’ fourth full-length album, Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground, the Bright Eyes tale has taken many unexpected twists and turns. Conor Oberst and his ever-changing line up of musical comrades appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,” and were a prominent addition to the MTV2-televised 2003 Shortlist Awards. In October of 2004 he was invited to join Bruce Springsteen and REM on an arena tour of swing states in advance of the presidential election. His performance at those shows sealed his reputation as a creative force, able to command the attention of thousands of rock fans with, at times, just his voice and an acoustic guitar.
过去的几年中，自从Bright Eyes发行了第四张专辑后，他们象是埋在土壤中的故事，让你的耳朵贴着地面聆听。Bright Eyes的音乐发生了出人意料的转折。Conor Oberst和他的一直变化的乐队出现在The Late Show with David </span><span style=`>Letterman,The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn上，他们2003年在MTV2台的播映的颁奖会上作为候选人也有杰出的</span><span style=`>表现。2004年在总统选举前他被邀参加Bruce Springsteen和REM的全美巡回演出。Conor Oberst在这些演出上的表演充分展现了他具有非凡创造性的一面，引起了上千摇滚乐迷的注意，就靠的是一把电吉它和他代表性声音。
Over the past two years the young musician has found himself hurled from his indie rock enclave onto the world’s stage. While reaching new heights of commercial success, he was hailed by fans as the finest songwriter of his generation. But he remained, and remains, an artist unwilling to leave his hometown label for any major label’s promises.
在过去的两年里，这个年轻的音乐家开始在独立摇滚领域拓展自己。当在商业方面达到了个新的高度后，Conor Oberst被他的歌迷誉为他这一代最好的音乐创作人。但他仍然不愿离开自己创建的厂牌而加盟其他更大的音乐厂牌。
All the while, critical acclaim has spread far and wide with Bright Eyes selling out several hugely lauded tours and finding an ever swelling and ravenous audience throughout the world. Since Lifted, Oberst has released an almost constant stream of new material for collaborative EPs, tribute albums, and charity records. He ventured into the studio with Nebraska folk-pop outfit Tilly And The Wall, co-producing their debut album Wild Like Children and then releasing it on his newly established record label, Team Love. And yet, despite all of this recording and performing, it is his songwriting that has taken unmitigated precedence.
一直以来，Bright Eyes进行了几次巡回演出在世界范围内也引起歌迷的狂热追捧，受到了广泛的好评。Oberst首先发行了一系列的新概念的EP专辑，赠送专辑和慈善唱片。他在NEBRASKAD的一个录音棚里和民谣乐队Tilly And The Wall合作发行了他们的首张专辑Wild Like Children ，随后他又重新确定了他的唱片标签，Team Love。然而不管所有的录音和表演如何，它展现了Oberst的创作才华。
Conor’s new songs are undeniably his finest to date. These new compositions have been rolled into two separate, cohesive records: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, which will simultaneously be released on January 24th. While a plethora of this new material was born from an early 2003 relocation to Manhattan, 2004 saw Conor’s return to Presto! Studios in Lincoln to record with long time collaborator and producer Mike Mogis.
Conor的新歌展现他不可否认的杰出，在连续两张唱片i'm wide awake,it's morninganddigital ash in a digital </span><span style=`>urn中有两种不同的元素，这两张专辑都在1月24日同时发行的。专辑中的一些歌曲重新编排于2003年的曼哈顿，我们在2004</span></span><span style=`>年见到了Conor回归到了快节奏的曲风中，是在Lincoln的录音棚，和他长期以来的制作人Mike Mogis一起创作的。
Recording since the age of 13 and tagged “rock’s boy genius” by the music press for the past few years, these two albums provide unequivocal proof that the now 24 year-old Oberst belongs to the lineage of great American songwriters. These albums are a soundly articulated slice of modern American life rolled into two very different records. The new songs are bursting with all of the heartfelt poetry for which Bright Eyes records have earned their acclaim. The rough edges are still there — the splintering of a note held too long, the crack of the voice as it reaches slightly too far, the inadvertent thump of a thumb against a fret — but there is a glorious new level of depth and texture to the writing and delivery. Recorded back-to-back and scheduled to be released simultaneously, more out of necessity than any grand art plan, the two albums work in tandem to elucidate both sides of Conor’s recent creative output.
从13岁就被音乐媒体称为“天才摇滚男孩”的Oberst，这两张专辑更加证明24岁的他属于传统的美国原创歌手，非常好的把现代美国生活的诠释融进了两张唱片。新歌靠着真挚的情感和诗般的旋律从而使Bright Eyes赢得众多喝彩。但专辑还是有些
缺憾，例如有些歌中的分隔音符太长，唱腔有时也似乎有些拉的过长，拇指拨弦过重也使人有点心烦，但不管怎样，歌曲的写作谱曲都上升了一个新的高度。而且两张唱片的几乎同时推出更加独树一帜，由此看见Conor的创作才华可见一斑。
The first (as in, the first to be laid down on tape) is titled I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning; a country-tinged mélange of Conor’s finest acoustic songs, featuring guest vocal appearances from Emmylou Harris and Jim James (My Morning Jacket).
第一张唱片命名为i’m wide awake,it’s morning；来自Conor的具有乡村风格的声音，还有Emmylou Harris和Jim James的客串。
The second album Oberst recorded, Digital Ash In A Digital Urn, is a more produced, band-centric album featuring cameo appearances by Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Oberst的第二张名为Digital Ash In A Digital Urn,更具乐队特色，其中也有来自Yeah Yeah Yeahs的Nick Zinner的加盟。
As has become expected of Bright Eyes recordings, the albums feature an array of talented comrades: Jesse Harris, Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, Nick White of Tilly And The Wall, Matt Maginn of Cursive, Clay Leverett and Andy LeMaster of Now It’s Overhead, former The Good Life member Jiha Lee, Maria Taylor of Azure Ray, Clark Beachle of The Faint, Alex McMannus of The Bruces, Jake Bellows of Neva Dinova and Jimmy Tamborello of The Postal Service.
Bright Eyes的专辑中，有多名艺人的参与，其中有：Jesse Harris，Jason Boesel(来自Rilo Kiley)，乐器演奏家兼制作人Mike Mogis，Nick White(来自Tilly And The Wall)，Matt Maginn(来自Cursive) ，Clay Leverett和Andy LeMaster(来自Now It’s Overhead)，前The Good Life乐队的成员Jiha Lee，Maria Taylor(来自Azure Ray)，Clark Beachle(来自The Faint)，Alex McMannus(来自The Bruces)，Jake Bellows(来自Neva Dinova)和Jimmy Tamborello(来自The Postal Service)
———————————————————————————————————–
Conor Oberst的乐队经过好几次的重组，下面是以前乐队的简历直到Bright Eyes。
Commander Venus
1995-1997
Ben Armstrong (drums)
Conor Oberst (guitar, vocals)
Todd Baechle (bass)
Robb Nansel (guitar)
Do You Feel At Home? Lumberjack, 1995
The Uneventful Vacation, Lumberjack, 1997
For more information:
Saddle Creek Records
Imusic Artist Showcase
The Magnetas
1996
Ben Armstrong (drums)
Todd Baechle (bass)
Chris Hughes (guitar, vocals)
Conor Oberst (guitar, vocals)
Ghostmeat Parts Compilation, Ghostmeat Records, 1996
For more information:
Ghostmeat Records
Park Ave
1996-1998
Clark Baechle (guitar, vocals)
Jenn Bernard (keyboards, vocals)
Neely Jenkins (bass guitar, vocals)
Conor Oberst (drums, vocals)
Jamie Williams (guitar, vocals)
Split 7w/ the Wrens</span><span style=`>, Saddle Creek Records, 1998
Saddle Creek Sampler, Saddle Creek Records, 1998
When Jamie Went to London… We Broke Up , Urinine Records, 1999
For more information:
Official Site
Saddle Creek Records
Desaparecidos
2001-2002
Matt Baum (drums)
Denver Dalley (guitar)
Ian McElroy (keyboards)
Conor Oberst (guitar, vocals)
Casey Scott (bass)
The Happiest Place On Earth, Saddle Creek, 2002
Read Music/ Speak Spanish, Saddle Creek, Feb. 2002
For more information:
Saddle Creek Records
Lazy-I.com Interview w/ Desaparecidos
Bright Eyes
1995-present
Main Releases:
A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 , Saddle Creek Records, 1997
Letting Off the Happiness , Saddle Creek Records, 1998
Every Day and Every Night (EP), Saddle Creek Records, 1999
Fevers and Mirrors , Saddle Creek Records, c.2000
Oh Holy Fools, Saddle Creek Records, 2001
There Is No Beginning to the Story , Saddle Creek Records, 2002
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground , Saddle Creek Records, 2002
I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning , Saddle Creek Records, 2005
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn ,Saddle Creek Records, 2005
———————————————————————————————————————————-
Old soul song
lyric:
Grey like new day leaks through the window
And some old song comes on the alarm clock radio
We walk the forty blocks to the middle
Of the place we heard that everything would be
And there were barricades to keep us off the street
But the crowd kept pushing forward
‘til they swallowed the police
Yeah, they went wild, yeah, they went wild
yeah, they went wild, yeah, they went wild
We left before the dust had time to settle
And all the broken glass swept off the avenue
Ana all the way home held your camera like a bible
Just wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth
And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room
You dropped the paper in my water
And it all begins to bloom
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild
And just when I get so lonesome I can’t speak
I see some flowers on a hill side
Like a wall of new TVs
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild
Yeah, they go wild, yeah, they go wild